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Screen Rant Underground: Episode 152 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

We review Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and interview director Matt Reeves, plus discuss a recent Batman V Superman script controversy, as well as the 2014 Emmy nominees.

We release one episode a week every Monday and while host Ben Kendrick as well as Rob Keyes, Anthony Ocasio, and Kofi Outlaw are standard fare on the podcast, we also welcome guests from a diverse group of industry professionals.

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Yeah, we could have probably done without news – and presented this as another Special Edition. But I felt like most people would want to hear the news, review, and interview. So we went over 3 hours (this time).

Ben, I’m glad you decided to keep everything! I love listening to you guys discuss news and all. More is always better on the SR Underground. Don’t be afraid to have longer episodes in the future! We’ll be listening!

Blue eyes is Ceasar’s son right-the one that got mauled by the grizzly in the opening scene.

Yes, I actually thought his performance was the best of all.

When he watched Koda throw the ape over the rail in the tower because the ape wouldn’t kill a human, you could read in Blue Eyes’ expression everything he was thinking about the evil he had just witnessed.

He was actually great in the way he conveyed some of the simplest emotions of disbelief and fear of what Koda was doing to the apes.

Okay Anthony Ocasio, “how much of this kidnapping do you know about?” LoL. Great Podcast all of you! I really enjoy the ones that you guys interview someone from the movie that you just reviewed. This usually convices me to watch it in the theater, or wait for it on Netflix.

Wish Matt Reeves was doing Star Trek. What he’s doing for Planet of the Apes (their gradual descent into the domineering race, tearing down the known world), I believe he could do the opposite in Star Trek (bring that optimism and uplifting adventurous aspect in Trek along with a sense of awe and wonder).

I like how Dawn gave you a perspective on both the good, the bad, the everything. And it didn’t jump from scene to scene but let those feelings linger and simmer within you.

Personally, I think they should avoid time travel shenanigans. Or if they want to go that route, maybe they could instead use time dilation instead. Humanity sends up a prototype high velocity space vehicle to let the Earth heal from the extinction type event. It goes very fast resulting in time progressing very slowly on the ship but many years passing by on Earth. They come back to find that transformed Earth many years into the future due to time dilation. I like the toned down and somewhat more realistic approach of the science they’ve done in this reboot.